Monday, Jun 30, 2014 at 21:06
2 days looking around
Brisbane city is too much IMHO, forget the city and explore some of the local surrounding
places. I live in
Brisbane and am struggling to think what's worth looking at for 2 days, can think of plenty of nicer day trip
places i'd prefer to see other then the city (Border Ranges National Park or
Condamine Gorge / Queen Mary Falls /
Governors Chair Lookout area for example). Be sure and go to the Mount Cootha
lookout at night time when in
Brisbane though, great view from up there.
When coming from
Brisbane to go to Fraser Island, you don't need to go to Hervey Bay (unless you want to for some reason). Turn off the highway as you come into Gympie and head for
Rainbow, then catch the barge across at
Inskip Point. The one upside to going to Hervey Bay is you don't need to time the tides with where the barge lands to drive across the middle of the island, when leaving from Inskip it's best to time your arrival on Fraser Island for about 2 hours before lowtide to help with the drive North up the island. The moon phases and wind conditions make a differance to this general rule of 2 hours before lowtide travel, it can easily be done earlier then 2 hours if the conditions are right.
Haven't checked the fares of late for the barges from both Hervey Bay or Inskip, but Inskip used to be cheaper and there's no booking required, you just
rock up and drive on. Leaving from Hervey Bay requires a prior booking usually unless they aren't busy.
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